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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1948
Page
2
Warming days yield to several winds then a shift to north and moisture chances. The column surveys local life from medical charges debates to a farmer’s cow sale and a joke chain about a plumber and an eye doctor, highlighting social issues, commerce, and community humor amid changing weather.
Potter County commissioners court will receive the first public airing of the hospital budget and the superintendent’s recommendations for changes in opening procedures. The Board of Governors tentatively approved the August financial report by F. F. Buck Beringer, showing a book profit of 3111.63 but a cash loss of about 33,? the report cites 85,231.17 in charges and 52,119.54 in expenses. Collections for August were 49,275.44. The board proposes auditing by the county auditor or appointee and a quarterly audit report to the county commission. The budget is described as more of a recommendation than a final plan.
A committee appointed by the Potter County Commissioners Court to study establishing a juvenile court will convene Saturday. Chairman Gene Jordan announced the meeting, with members John Peterson county attorney Deve Britain Sr and Mrs J Osborn serving on the panel.
33 years ago Kaplan noted a tense exchange on poll taxes as Senator Archie Parr faced inquisitors. The article recalls Parr becoming the dean of the state Senate as opponents faded from politics while Parr’s son George rose in influence in the district.
The Newark Telegram editor Davis Lee reports from his South tour that Negroes in the South run major businesses and face less discrimination than in the North. He argues progress comes through demonstration of achievement, not agitation, and urges unified advancement within the race.
Market quotations from New York and Midwest desks show varied closes across stocks tobacco distillers utilities and airlines with notable levels for American and North American brands. Grain quotas from Chicago and Kansas City livestock figures reflect slower trade and modest price shifts across cattle hogs and calves with pressure on some meat cuts and feeders.
Berlin authorities and American officials clash over safety data as US airlift pilots fly about 400 aircraft daily into the city. The Americans insist four power flying rules govern missions and Russia seeks to gain control of air operations, while denying unsafe activity.
Brinkley faces a murder charge with arraignment set for Saturday at 9 am in 47th District Court before Judge Henry Bishop. Lloyd King, district attorney, said he and defense attorney T Miller agreed the case is bail able. The death concerns his step son Joseph Michael Getz, 20 months, who died after arrival at a hospital on Monday August 30. Brinkley, arrested the following day, says the baby died from a fall onto a concrete floor.
Walter R Palmer 66 of Amarillo died early Friday after a lengthy illness in Northwest Texas Hospital. Funeral arrangements are with Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home. He was a retired farmer. Survived by his wife Annie Palmer of Amarillo and eight sons A W Roy Glen Willie W E Ovo Jimmy H G all of Amarillo or elsewhere, three daughters G J Howard Everett Rodney Earnest Garrison, a brother Will Palmer of Webbers Falls Oklahoma, a sister Naomi Mandy of Danville Arkansas, and 38 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Herman McDaniels of 1008 North Spring reported to Amarillo police that two intruders entered his bedroom at dawn. He fired two shots with a pistol. neither strike was certain. His billfold and about ten dollars were missing though nothing else appeared taken.
The executive secretary notes the principal Jaycees project for the year is prison reform. A bill to provide four million dollars for modernization and individual detention is to be introduced in the next Legislature by Sen. Jim Phillips of Angleton, per Brown. The plan targets prison farms and cell blocks.
Former Potter County deputy sheriff J. L. Pounds will move to Lubbock tomorrow to lead the county jail there. Pounds resigned from the sheriff's department August 28 and has a son, Pounds Jr., who recently relocated to Wellington, Kansas, to join the Santa Fe Railway. Australia sends orchids to New York for sale at $3 each to bolster dollar earnings.
Truman and his backers urged electors to follow the convention loyalty pledge while Adone pressed Calvert to choose between convention directions and upholding the Constitution. A Houston paper noted Adone wore a States Rights lapel button amid signals of Thurmond Wright ties.
A patient in transit to the West Texas Polio Center triggers a careful in‑ward preparation by nurses and doctors. If a spinal tap is not yet performed, Dr. L. J. Smith and his staff prepare for the examination on arrival.
At the West Texas Polio Center patients receive polio care including darvisul therapy intravenous then oral, hot packs, Hubbard Tank sessions, and physical therapy under Alph Williams. Treatment aims to restore movement, with average recovery around 60 percent. County and National Foundation support funds most hospital costs, while iron lungs were provided by the Plainview Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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